The Wadden Sea Centre wins Environmental Leadership Award

All the way across the Atlantic Ocean, The Wadden Sea Centre is celebrated for keeping it local. On Friday September 18th, our thatched gem brought home its fifth prize, taking first place in the Environmental Leadership category of the Canadian AZ Awards 2020. 

"This is simply a stunning project, with a formal invention that achieves so much with so little to connect the inside and out," says juror Marion Weiss about the project. The project is praised for combining traditional craftsmanship and ecological stewardship - and for our insistence on using natural, local materials even when it is not the easy way out. Read the full reasoning at AZ Award 2020 - Environmental Leadership. 

The AZ Awards is AZURE’s international architecture competition, recognizing excellence and innovation. This year the award gala took place online, and the full show is available at 2020 AZ Awards Gala.

The Wadden Sea Centre has previously won City of Esbjerg’s City-Fund Award (2017), Byggeri Magazine - Building of the Year (2017), The Danish Lighting Award (2017), and The Nordic Lighting Design Award (2018).